Methow Valley Herbs: Medicinal Mushrooms: Some mushrooms can be DEADLY! If you are unsure as to what mushroom you have, it's best to discard it and/or leave it be!

Hericium is a genus of edible mushrooms in the Hericiaceae family. Species in this genus are white and fleshy and grow on dead or dying wood; fruiting bodies resemble a mass of fragile icicle-like spines that are suspended from either a branched.